Curtain-display rack.



PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

C. A. JONES-. CURTAIN DISPLAY RAGK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 18 1905 UNITED ears ATENT PIECE.

CURTAIN-DISPLAY RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

A li ti fil d fieptember 18,1905. Serial No. 278,975.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES ARTHUR J ONES, a resident of Windsor, in thecounty of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented certain new anduseful Improvemen ts in Curtain-Display Racks; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a lull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain display racks, theobject of the invention being to provide improvements of: this characterin which a roller support for curtain permits them to be moved andturned to any angle to best exhibit them, and provide improved means forinclosing all the curtains in a small space to protect them from dustand light when not being shown.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts aswill be more fully hereinafter described and pointed in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating my improvements and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, are views ofdetails of construction.

1. represents the ceiling of a room, or it may constitute a horizontalplatform of any kind, having a horizontal longitudinal rod or track 2secured thereto and spaced therefrom.

3 represents a fork having inclined notches or slots to receive andengage over the trunnions of a roller 4, to run on rod 2, and a clamp 5,is swiveled to the fork 3 by a rivet 6, for a purpose which willhereinafter appear.

This clamp 5 comprises a strip of sheet metal bent upon itsell formingtwo opposite membersmxactly alike, to engage opposite sides of a curtainrod or bar 7, and curtain thereon, and the intermediate portion of theclamp is made with alined openings to receive a screw 8 and nut 9 topermit the clamp to be easily adjusted to hold or release the curtainand bar 7, and flat metal clamping strips 10 are secured by screwsaround the ends and one face of the bar 7 to clamp the edges of thecurtain and prevent sagging of the side edges, but these clampi ngstrips may be dispensed with if preferred.

When a curtain is clamped upon bar 7 and the latter suspended by theroller supported fork 3, from red 2, the curtain can be readily movedfrom 'end to end of rod 2 and turned to any position to best display thesame, and owing to the small space a single curtain will occupy a greatmany can be located on the rod.

A dust curtain 11 is attached between its ends at its upper edge to theceiling in any suitable manner and suspended therefrom. This dustcurtain 11 is located at one end of rod 2 and is provided between itsattached intermediate portion and ends, with a series of rings 12movable on a curved rod 13 secured to the ceiling or platform whichpermit the curtain 11 to be moved around forming an inclosed chamber tocover and protect all the displayed curtains when the latter are movedto one end of the rod 2, and suitable fastening devices 14 may beprovided at the edges of curtain 11 to secure the latter in closedposition. This dust curtain 11, even when closed will occupy butcomparatively small space as but small space is required to accommodatea large number of display curtains and hence leaving the store or shopconsiderable floor space for the display of other goods when thecurtains are inclosed, and yet maintain the display curtains alwayswithin easy reach and accessible for quick display.

By reason of the swiveled connection between the fork 3 and clamp 5 thecurtains can be turned to any angle to best exhibit their good pointsand when one has been sold, or forany other reason, its removal isdesired, the fork 3 can be lifted off the trunnions of the roller 4 andthe curtain can be easily detached from the bar 7 by removing clamp 5and themetal strips 10.

My improvements are also adapted for the display of rugs or other goodsand the curtain 11 may be of any material desired to best keep out dustand light.

A great many changes might therefore be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention,and hence, I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth butconsider myself at liberty to make such. slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent.is:

1. In a curtain display rack, the combination with a track and rollerthereon, of a bar to receive a curtain, a

sheet metal clamp to receive said bar and curtain thereon, a framemounted on the journals of the roller, and a swivel connection betweensaid frame and the clamp.

2. A curtain supporting device comprising two sheetmetal members'cachbent upon itself, and said members swiveled together, the upwardlyprojecting arms of one member adapted for the reception of the journalsof a roller, and the downwardly projecting arms of the other member bentto form clamping jaws, and means for clamp inc; said jaws'to a curtainbar.

3. In a curtain display rack, the combination with a horizontal rod, ofa roller thereon, a yoke supported by the roller, a clamp swiveled tothe yoke, a bar to receive the curtain thereon and enter between themembers of the clamp, and metal strips at the ends of the bar securingthe curtain thereto,

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

CHAS. ARTHUR JONES Witnesses GAY E. MORGAN, GILBERT I DAVIS.

